Tuesday, July 19, 2011

At first glance the missing slice might be obvious.It's on the table, right? But on closer inspection, the missing slice is actually on the apple.

When I was doing the set up, as usual, I got hungryfor a little taste of what I was painting. I took anothersliver off of the apple and continued painting. It wasonly after I was well into the painting that I realizedthat the slice on the table no longer matched theslice out of the apple. Duh! Of course it changed it!There was no going back. I tried to paint it back inbut it looked all wrong, so I returned it to it's originalmissing piece.No excuse, it was a case of stomach over mind.

i remember once when a gallery asked to see my stuff and i brought it in and they chastised me because there wasn't enough red in them. They said 'We don't force our artists to add red to their paintings, but if there is red in them, then they will sell'Virtually every painting in their place had red or orange somewhere because 'vancouver people get enough rainy weather and they don't want dreary paintings on their walls.' haha...

Oh Gwen, this one is so beautiful - can't believe it's still available!Love the reflections on the metal bowl, nicely matching tablecloth - and of course, the artist's excuse - oops. You are getting better and better!

You have such a wonderful blog, Gwen. You're an absolute inspiration to me... so much so that your wonderful art has motivated me to pick up a paintbrush again for the first time in three years and post my own humble efforts in a blog. Thank you!

About Me

Thank you so much for checking out my Blog and joining me on my new adventure into Fine Art Painting.
I was a Commercial Freelance Artist for 15 years and a Muralist for 10. Now I'm trying my hand at Oil Painting.
I am hoping that this Blog journal will allow me to see style progression. Who knows what the subject will be? Today animals, yesterday Still Life. I'm willing to go anywhere the Muse takes me. I hope you'll follow along with me!